Alien life may not be carbon-based, new study suggests::Self-sustaining chemical reactions that could support biology radically different from life as we know it might exist on many different planets, a new study finds.
Alien life may not be carbon-based, new study suggests::Self-sustaining chemical reactions that could support biology radically different from life as we know it might exist on many different planets, a new study finds.
I think it has something to do with the number of electrons in it’s outer shell, and how reactive the chemical is. A biochemist could tell you more than me.
There’s also silicon.